Staring at the paper

My mind is as blank as the page

Tap my pencil

Scratch my head

Bite my lip

Glance at the clock

Seconds tick by

Minutes fly by

And here I sit

Staring at the page

Everything around me changes

While I remain the same

People walk around me

They ask me questions

But I don't answer

People come and go

But I don't notice

As I continue to stare

Thinking about what to say

Life goes on

And here I sit

Staring at the page

People try to make me change

But I remain the same

The world decays around me

And I continue to stare

I don't notice the walls

Drooping around me

The windows filling

With web-like cracks

The floor turning to mush beneath my feet

Time flies by

And here I sit

Staring at the page

Everything around me changes

While I remain the same

I don't notice my hair turning grey

My skin sagging

My bones becoming brittle

My teeth falling out

My nails growing

My eyesight failing

The aches coursing through my body

My life passes me by

And here I sit

Staring at the page

Everything about me changes

But I remain the same

My mouth caught open in a yawn

Hands motionless where they lie

Stagnant air in my lungs

I don't notice I'm not breathing

As I continue to stare

With cold, dead eyes

My last thought suspended in my brain

Time ceases to exist

And here I sit

Staring at the page

My soul has been sucked away

And I'm no longer the same